Hocus-pocus

As regards Iraq, after the country was led down the Yellow Brick Road and stood trembling before the all-knowing, all-powerful Oz, Ambassador John Bolton and the rest of the Munchkins were loath to mention that there was a man behind the curtain pulling the levers, pushing the buttons and twisting the dials.
As regards Iran, now that the curtain has been pulled back, Bolton, like the great wizard, is asking us to pay no mind to that same man, his intelligence now being considered by the ambassador to be flawed in his "key judgments" ("Great risk in trusting the Iran report," Dec. 7) Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!